Earthquake for the most popular video platform for gamers and young people.
A massive hack shakes Twitch this Wednesday in proportions rarely seen after the publication online of the most important internal data for such a platform.
On 4Chan, an anonymous English-speaking forum, a user shared a 128 GB download link that would contain all of Twitch.tv's data, including all of its trade secrets, the famous source codes, but also accounting information on compensation. recent from the most popular streamers.
Twitch has just had a major leak of a lot of stuff including their monthly payouts to streamers.
Here are some of the notables (note: this total is just their payout directly from twitch, so it doesn't include donations, sponsors, merch, etc.) pic.twitter.com/wDG0JkJuCx
- KnowSomething (@ KnowS0mething) October 6, 2021
The leak does not currently include passwords or user email addresses.
But changing your identifiers and your precious sesame is recommended as is the activation of two-factor authentication.
The hackers seem to have focused instead on the company's internal software.
The anonymous Internet user also intends with this data leak "to promote more innovation and competition in the world of online video streaming".
Owned by Amazon since 2014, Twitch is subject to the publication of all its internal documents, such as future projects and procedures to be activated in the event of a cybersecurity incident.
Specialized American media such as The Verge or Video Games Chronicle were able to confirm that these data were indeed authentic.
The version of the computer code that has leaked is said to even date from the beginning of the week.
The leak is titled "part one".
Other gigabytes of information could quickly appear on the Internet.
Contacted by Le Parisien, Twitch France was not yet able to communicate on this leak, even if the American giant has already launched an investigation.
